Learning by Doing: Accelerate Towards the NCD Target in SDG Through Primary Healthcare; Comment on “Universal Health Coverage for Non-communicable Diseases and Health Equity: Lessons From Australian Primary Healthcare”
Health systems built on the foundation of primary healthcare (PHC) are essential to achieve universal health coverage (UHC). To adequately respond to the needs of people with non- communicable diseases (NCDs) and enable optimal management in primary care settings, changes are needed at many levels. PHC levers recommended in the UHC framework as the cornerstone of achieving Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) goals by strengthening the primary care system include strategic and operational levers. Experience from hypertension control programs across 18 countries has shown that rapid scale-up can be achieved through systematic improvement of the PHC system brought about by political commitment, financial support, and high-quality people-centred primary care. As countries are gripped with the pandemic the importance of an appropriate and resilient health system fit for the country is emerging as a priority for building preparedness. While there are general principles, each country must learn by doing and scale up models relevant to the national context.
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Varghese, C., Nongkynrih, B., & Mikkelsen, B. (2022). Learning by Doing: Accelerate Towards the NCD Target in SDG Through Primary Healthcare; Comment on “Universal Health Coverage for Non-communicable Diseases and Health Equity: Lessons From Australian Primary Healthcare”. International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 11(5), 708-710. doi: 10.34172/ijhpm.2021.96
MLA
Cherian Varghese; Baridalyne Nongkynrih; Bente Mikkelsen. "Learning by Doing: Accelerate Towards the NCD Target in SDG Through Primary Healthcare; Comment on “Universal Health Coverage for Non-communicable Diseases and Health Equity: Lessons From Australian Primary Healthcare”". International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 11, 5, 2022, 708-710. doi: 10.34172/ijhpm.2021.96
HARVARD
Varghese, C., Nongkynrih, B., Mikkelsen, B. (2022). 'Learning by Doing: Accelerate Towards the NCD Target in SDG Through Primary Healthcare; Comment on “Universal Health Coverage for Non-communicable Diseases and Health Equity: Lessons From Australian Primary Healthcare”', International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 11(5), pp. 708-710. doi: 10.34172/ijhpm.2021.96
VANCOUVER
Varghese, C., Nongkynrih, B., Mikkelsen, B. Learning by Doing: Accelerate Towards the NCD Target in SDG Through Primary Healthcare; Comment on “Universal Health Coverage for Non-communicable Diseases and Health Equity: Lessons From Australian Primary Healthcare”. International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2022; 11(5): 708-710. doi: 10.34172/ijhpm.2021.96